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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780449003190 Edition: 1 Mass Mkt ISBN: 0449003191 Label: Fawcett Manufacturer: Fawcett Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: November 02, 1999 Publisher: Fawcett Release Date: November 02, 1999 Studio: Fawcett Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Former Maine assistant attorney general Katharine Clark writes a lively series about a tough private detective called Thea Kozak (Death at the Wheel, Death in a Funhouse Mirror) under her Kate Flora pseudonym. Now comes this timely and very suspenseful thriller about such hot-button issues as surrogate fatherhood, AIDS phobia, and people who manipulate the missing children epidemic. When 9-year-old David Stark disappears from his Massachusetts home, leaving behind on the roadside his new red bicycle, it touches raw nerves in several characters: David's over-protective mother, Rachel (who feels a strong psychic bond with her only child); his cold and supercilious father, Stephen (who isn't the boy's natural father--a sperm donor was involved); his jealous and mean-spirited aunt, Miranda (who gave away the family secret code, thus helping the kidnapper); an apparently unfeeling local detective; and the too-smooth head of a national missing children's foundation. Clark manages to keep us interested in even her unsympathetic characters as the plot unfolds. We see David being kept alive but in dire danger and learn why he was chosen to be the victim of this particular crime. If at times the author seems to rely too much on every parent's darkest fear for her emotional energy, she also is sharp enough to involve even the childless or the misanthropic in the twists of her story. --Dick Adler Product Description: Rachel Stark is about to live every parent's nightmare: Her nine-year-old son, David, is snatched off the street in broad daylight with no apparent motive and only one clue--his red bicycle lying on the side of the road. Now, already under the strain of a troubled marriage, Rachel must channel every ounce of strength into a desperate search for David. Into this emotionally charged scene arrive Rachel's recently divorced sister, a bombshell who conceals explosive secrets; a by-the-book detective, infuriating in his cold detachment; and a deceptive "saint" of the Missing Child Foundation, who harbors his own hidden agenda. . . . And through it all there is David, still missing, and crying out to be found. But are Rachel's fleeting visions of her terrified child something real or the cruel trick of a mother's heart consumed with love and fear? Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not worth the time or moneyA child is kidnapped. The mother is desperate to get her son back. She comes across as a ninny to me. The author tries hard to convey the emotions of her characters instead of letting the story tell it. The dialog seemed wrong at times and small mistakes in the flow of the story. I would never read a novel by Katherine Clark again. Stay away from Steal Away. Rating:  - A gripping Read and All Too RealI first read this book because I like the author's mysteries under her nom-de-plume (Kate Flora) long before I had kids of my own and like some reviewers dismissed the 'psychic' feelings of the main character Rachel as literary hooey and an elegant plot device. Now a parent of two-year-old twins, I find the same feelings within myself and, when re-reading it on a sunny afternoon while the twins played, found myself shuddering and staring at every strange van in our neighborhood. In her non-literary ... Read More Rating:  - Every parent's nightmare come true...This book sure garnished mixed reviews! Some loved it while others hated it. I thought it was pretty well done. Not all of us are heros or heroines. Many women and some men are only forced to act on their lives only when confronted with situations out of their ability to control, such as one that arises in this book. A child is snatched by strangers, and the ability of those strangers to take that child is given by those who love that child the most. In WWI America they had these advertisements saying ... Read More Rating: - Ugh!This is possibly the worst book I've ever read. I literally was skimming the pages 1/2 way through just to get to the conclusion. The female "heroine" is so weak kneed and pathetic it's amazing she can tie her shoelaces by herself not to mention track down her missing son! She kept complaining how everyone thought of and treated her as a crazy person and honey! if the loony bin fits...! I realize this was a first book attempt and heaven knows I don't have the talent for writing but if you ... Read More Rating: - Infuriating "Heroine"This may be the most annoying book I've ever read. The main character, with whom the reader should at least sympathize, made my skin crawl. She represented every negative stereotype of women ever perpetrated. She is inept, ineffectual, irritating. She was so useless as a mother that I didn't care who kidnapped her son -- he'd be better off with anyone but her. Her "poor pitiful me" demeanor, her delight in her own incompetence, her willingness to tolerate emotional abuse from her husband ... Read More |
